Charles Griffith is with the Ecology Center. He says adding more locations to recharge electric vehicles is an important step to increasing their numbers. "We'd like to get for example work places more involved in charging infrastructure so that people that may commute from their home to work have the opportunity to charge during the day when it's sitting idle out in the parking lot," Griffith says.

The partnership created a new page for the city's A2 Energy website providing information on charging locations, benefits and other facts about electric vehicles. Over 20 electric vehicle owners will have their cars at Briarwood Mall tomorrow to give curious motorists the chance for a test drive or ride as part of National Drive Electric Week.

Like 89.1 WEMU on Facebook and follow us on Twitter— Andrew Cluley is the Ann Arbor beat reporter, and anchor for 89.1 WEMU News. Contact him at 734.487.3363 or email him acluley@emich.edu.

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